Democrats pick up Kentucky Senate seat

[Meeker]

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090825/NEWS0106/908250370/Democrat+Webb+wins+special+election+for+state+Senate+seat

As we heard earlier this month with the results in Delaware, summer special elections are very important. They are also great ways to gauge the national mood.

For the Republicans to lose a State Senate seat in Kentucky?

Republicans should be very worried.

The tide has turned!

[Rowan]

LOL. The Democrat had a famous last name, the Republican was an orthodontist. Not that tough to figure out who would win.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

LOL. The Democrat had a famous last name, the Republican was an orthodontist. Not that tough to figure out who would win.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=100560.0

[Brittain33]

LOL. And this seat was actually a McCain win, no question.

Republicans better pass Obamacare if they know what's good for them!!!

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

omg hypocrisy on the internets
call teh police

[Zarn]

Most people are against Obamacare...

[Brittain33]

Most people are against Obamacare...

Spoken like a true coastal elitist, deaf to the voices of America's heartland speaking loud and clear. I trust the people of Kentucky. Obamacare now.

[Holmes]

Republicans are so screwed now. It's all over.

[minionofmidas]

LOL. And this seat was actually a McCain win, no question.

By a (minimally) larger margin that the state, too.

[Lunar]

I think Obama has a real shot at Kentucky for his reelection campaign, guys


health-care is a shoo-in now too

[muon2]

This also shows that candidates who have previous elective experience and success have a definite advantage in a race where the opponent has none.

[Lief 🗽]

There's an old political maxim, "as goes Kentucky's 18th State Senate district, so goes the nation."

[Lief 🗽]

LOL. And this seat was actually a McCain win, no question.

By a (minimally) larger margin that the state, too.

57.3 to 40.6, says some quick excel-aided math.

[minionofmidas]

LOL. And this seat was actually a McCain win, no question.

By a (minimally) larger margin that the state, too.

57.3 to 40.6, says some quick excel-aided math.

Wtf? Excel for that?

Kids these days. No pocket calculator skills. (I did the maths too. Before making the statement. )

[Rowan]

There's an LA special election today.

In the primary the Dems combined for 62%, while the Republican got 38%.

However, McCain got 70% here.

LA is a weird state politically.

http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9737

[minionofmidas]

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Those are the two ways to look at this election and demonstrate that you are an idiot who'd best have kept his mouth shut.

The correct way to look at it is, of course, to see this as a personalized election between three candidates, and ask yourself how many of the first round loser's voters will vote today and how they will split. Knowing nothing of the candidates, I cannot answer that.

[Bacon King]

Final results in the Louisiana district:

"Norby" Chalbert: 9576, 54.33%
Brent Callais: 8050, 45.67%